The Carpentaria Base is a ZAFT military facility located in the Gulf of Carpentaria, straddling the Cape York and Arnhem Land peninsulas in Australia.
Overview[]
On April 2, C.E. 70, taking advantage of the chaos of the April Fool's Crisis the previous day, ZAFT split and dropped base facilities from orbit into the Gulf of Carpentaria in the PLANT-aligned nations of the Oceania Union, and built the foundation of the Carpentaria base in 48 hours. During the Battle of Carpentaria, the Earth Alliance's Pacific Fleet attempted to intercept the base but suffered a heavy defeat. The base was completed the following month, on May 20, and thereafter became the largest and most important base on the ground during ZAFT's invasion of Earth.
History[]
First Alliance-PLANT War[]
In C.E. 71, Athrun Zala's team launched in a Vosgulov-class submarine from this base to pursue the Archangel. Even though ZAFT's situation worsened after the Battle of Alaska Base in May, the Operation Orb Liberation by the Earth Alliance Forces in June, and the withdrawal from the European Front due to the abandonment of the Gibraltar Base at the Second Battle of Casablanca in July, the Carpentaria base remained as ZAFT's largest base on Earth. On August 8, C.E. 71,[1] "Operation Ayers Rock Descent" was launched to drop MS from orbit as part of Operation 8.8, which occurred after the Earth Alliance Forces recaptured the Victoria Base. ZAFT and the Oceania Union struggled against the sheer volume of the Earth Alliance Forces, but the war ended before the base fell. After signing the "Treaty of Junius," the Carpentaria base, along with the Gibraltar base, stayed as ZAFT's bases on Earth.
Second Alliance-PLANT War[]
In C.E. 73, Carpentaria operate as ZAFT's main base in the Second Alliance-PLANT War. After the Minerva escaped from the EA ambush outside of Orb Union, Carpentaria was the port they docked at for repairs and resupply. While the Minerva was docked at Carpentaria, Athrun Zala and his ZGMF-X23S Saviour Gundam officially transferred to the ship as a FAITH agent and the ship's new mobile suit combat commander.[2]
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Notes & Trivia[]
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- PHASE-24, War for Two
- First Appearance
- PHASE-32, In the Promised Land
- PHASE-41, Trembling World
- PHASE-22, The Sea Dyed Red
- First Mentioned
- PHASE-23, Fateful Encounter
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-25, The Land of Peace
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-29, The Turning Point
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-33, Gathering Darkness
- PHASE-34, Seen and Unseen
- PHASE-35, The Descending Sword
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-36, In the Name of Justice
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-38, Decisive Fire
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-40, Into the Dawn Skies
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-45, The Opening Door
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-24, War for Two
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- PHASE-13, Resurrected Wings
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-15, Return to the Battlefield
- PHASE-13, Resurrected Wings
References[]
Cosmic Era locations | |
Space | |
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Apollon A | Armory One | Ame-no-Mihashira | Artemis | Boaz | Debris Belt | Development Facility Satellite | Dock | Erudou | Factory | Heliopolis | Jachin Due | L4 Colony Cluster | Liteiria | Messiah | PLANT Colonies | Troya Station | Yggdrasil | ZAFT Military Station | Zodiac | |
Debris Belt Locations Graveyard | Junius Seven | |
Heliopolis Locations Morgenröte Facility | |
L4 Colony Cluster Locations Mendel | |
Mendel Locations G.A.R.M. R&D Facility | |
PLANT Colonies Locations Aprilius One | Junius Five | Junius Seven | |
Aprilius One Locations Clyne Manor | PLANT Supreme Council Building | ZAFT Military Factory | |
Junius Five Locations White Symphony | |
Moon | |
Arzachel Lunar Base | Copernicus City | Daedalus Lunar Base | Endymion Base | Lorenz Base | Ptolemaeus Lunar Base | |
Earth | |
Berlin | Carpentaria Base | Diocuia | Fortaleza | Gibraltar Base | Giga-Float | Gulnahan Ravine | Heaven's Base | Indian Ocean | Kaohsiung Base | Kirgitz Plant | Lagash Base | Lodonia Lab | Mahamul Base | North Africa | North America | Orb Archipelago | Orbit Traffic Observation Center | Red Sea | Reverend Malchio's Orphanage | Scandinavia | South Africa | South America | Victoria Base | Yap Island | |
Diocuia Locations Diocuia Base | |
Gulnahan Ravine Locations Lohengrin Gate | |
Indian Ocean Locations Indian Ocean Base | Indian Ocean Island | |
North Africa Locations Al-Jairi's Factory | Al-Jairi's Home | Banadiya | Desert Dawn Base | Moula | Suez Base | Talbadiya Factory District | Tassil | |
Banadiya Locations ZAFT Banadiya Base | |
North America Flaga Estate | JOSH-A | Panama Base | White House | |
Orb Archipelago Locations Akatsuki Island | Kaguya Island | Onogoro Island | Sadeyori Island | Yalafath Island | |
Akatsuki Island Locations Akatsuki Manor | |
Onogoro Island Locations Morgenröte Headquarters | Morgenröte Underground Dock | Orb National Defense Headquarters | |
Yalafath Island Locations Allster Family Home | Athha Estate | Ceremonial Temple | Orb Administrative Building | Seiran Family Estate | |
Others | |
Bautroya | Jupiter | Mars | |
Bautroya Locations DSSD Supply Station |